Professional development

After listening to Polly speak on being a technology coordinator at her school it is evident that she has really integrated great opportunities for the teachers. She not only does her research and is involved in providing the technology needed for the schools she also sees a need for seminars and other opportunities for the teachers to learn. She has set up seminars during the evenings and summer on different aspects of using technology that she feels will best accommodate and be useful to the teachers atherosclerosis school. By leading these school activities she is providing a useful service to the community at Grace Christian Academy.
I do not want to be a technology coordinator but I do see the need for teachers and all those working with technology to have the right training and resource need to use the technology. If we are only going to use it in ways that do not get the students involved than the technology will be wasted. I think Polly covered this very well and just helped reinforce the importance of knowing about the technology you have and how to best incorporate it in the school and your classroom.